Improvement in cloth-sponging- machines



inlined time @anni @tithe GEORGE DAYSPRING' AND EDWARD FITZKI, OF WASHINGTON',`

ADISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Letters Patent No. 94,720, dated September 14, 1869. i

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE DAYsPRLuG and ED- WARD FITZKI, of the city of lVashington, county of Washington, and District of Columbia', have invented a new and useful Gloth-SpongiugMachine; and wedo hereby declare that the following is i a full, clear, and exact description ofthe construction and operation of the saine, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, iu which- Figurel 1 represents a front view of that partof the machine which is used for Iwrapping and unwrapping the cloth to be sponged.

Figure 2 represents a front view of the whole machine.

Siinilar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention consists in a cloth-spongin g machine, made in several parts, viz", a boiler with a gauge and draw-off cock; a curved pipe on the top of the boiler, to connect with a similar-sized pipe; vand a part of a cylinder, which, being perforated with innumerable small holes, receives the steam and allows it to escape, to penetrate the cloth wrapped around it.

To keep the cylinder in propertposition, a small stand, made of wood'or any other suitable material, ,is placed underneath the disconnected end of the cylinder, to keep` the latter in a'perfect level or horizontal position.

To effect the wrapping of the cloth upon and unwrapping from the cylinder, another stand, of suitable material, receives the cylinder in two grooves provided with caps. y Y

lo snit the height of the different tables, we refer to the minute description of this stand given below.

The boiler, provided with water, is placed upon a stove or range containing fire. The steam raised through the boiling of the water will pass through the'pipe on top of the boiler to the cylinder, and thence through the small holes of the latter into the cloth wrapped around it, shrinking thereby the cloth toits proper state, and preserving a beautiful gloss-and the color of the cloth. The latter having remained a sufficient tinie, is taken olf to dryvhen it will be ready for usc.

A represents a stand, made 'of wood, iron, or any other suitable material, with la foot, l), and two uprights, a a', at right angles thereto, each upright being surmonnted by a cap, c, which is a part of a.

The caps c are made in two parts, connected on the back with hinges, in front with a hook, d, and acatch, d. They are horizontally grooved, for the purpose of receiving the journals of the cylinder B, made of tin, brass, or any other suitable material, and of any desired size, part c being perforated with innumerable Vsmall holes.

We do not confine ourselves to the size nor to the shape of the cylinder. Its size must be regulated t0 the work to be done, and may be from three to eighteen inches, more or less, in diameter, as also the shape may be round or oval.

Thecylinder B is provided with funnel-shaped pieces, g g', on each end. Y

lg being closed up, has on the end a knob or crank, h, of'wood or any other suitable material, for the purpose of turning the cylinder in the above-mentioned journal-boxes or caps c o of A.

` The piece g is a pipe, tc connect with the hollow of the cylinder.

To guide the even wrapping of the cloth upon the cylinder, we provide the latter with anges f f and The cloth to be sponged is placed upon a table, and to suit the height of the cylinder to that ofthe table, we construct in our stand a piece, b', which is connected with and is a part of a' a.

We make a dovetailed groove in a and a, and provide c and af with a dovetailed tongue, which, fitting into each other, will easily work, sliding up and down,-and cannot come apart.

By taking hold of b', we can adjust the cylinder to any desired height, by means of a pin, m., held by a small chain, u', the latter secured at a hook, o, to be thrust into a hole made through a and a on both sides. These holes are made at regular and equal distancesY at both sides.

The desired height-ot the cylinder, with regard to y the table, being obtained, and a piece of canvas being wrapped aroundthe cylinder part e, the cloth is guided by the flanges f f and f f', and wrapped upon the cylinder, as shown in g. 1, by turning the knob or crank h.

Having all the cloth upon the cylinder we desire to sponge at one time, we detach the hooks el d', open the caps o c, and take the cylinder therefrom, and conneet g with the boiler-pipe p, below described, and g we place upon another stand, D, as shown in iig. 2, constructed on the saine principle and of the same material as stand A, k and i representing a and a.

O represents a boiler, made of tin, brass, iron, or any other suitable material, and of any size required for the amount of steam necessary, with a round top, s, and an open piped), soldered thereon at the` middle, p, to connect at t with g', and for the purpose to convey the steam from the boiler C, through p and g', to the cylinder B. Y

Forthe regulation of thesteam, we attach, at q, a gauge-cock, and to relieve the boiler of all water after its use, we attach, at q, a draw-off cock, both to b worked with a lever, o'.

The advantages of this cloth-springing machine are .arrangement of the supporting-stand A, perforated apparent, and require 11o-further explanations. cylinder e, boiler C, and connecting steam-pipe p, as

The sponging of the cloth by steam is more eifeeand for the purpose set forth. tual, itl penetrating and shrinking the cloth-more, and GEORGE DAYSPRING. preserving the gloss of the same better, than the old Y EDWARD FITZKI. way by Wet linen.

We claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Vitiiesses: Patentl J. H. PICKELL,

In cloth-sponging machines, the combination and l JAMES KELLY. 

